July 05, 2011 01:32 am | Updated 01:32 am IST - NEW DELHI:
India will soon send a senior official to Sri Lanka to hold talks on the regular occurrence of action against Tamil Nadu fishermen by the authorities there.
“This cannot go on; we have to come to a firm understanding with the government of Sri Lanka. Our Joint Secretary would go to Sri Lanka and prepare [the] ground [for it],'' External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna told journalists on Monday.
He was responding to a question on the arrest and release of 14 fishermen from Tamil Nadu on Monday.
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